How to stay focused and engaged on a project that’s not super interesting, go!

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Look at your pay check then look up median income in this country - that should take you through one boring project at least.

On a serious note, see if there’s a skill or role on the project you’d like exposure to where you can take more responsibility and get something out of it that way

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Agree with D1. Also not using the word ‘go’ like a 3 year old might get you through the days

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Find a way to add value within the scope of the PWS. Find and internal project that needs a help. Or try a skills based volunteering effort to grow a skill set you want to grow.

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OP, to paraphrase a wise man, "don't just stare at it, [interview for] it!"

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Research other more interesting jobs and interview for them?

Seems to be what all my peers who left the last two weeks did!

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My Principal at Booz always told me to find something interesting outside of the project to act almost as a reward for having to stick through a boring project.

“Not every project is going to be everything you want, so if it’s not, try and find something else across the firm that you could help with that you can look forward to.”

I ended up finding some commercial folks that I helped develop social analytics for and that seemed to make coming into my boring project a little more bearable because I was able to do some fun stuff at the end of the day.

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@AC1 you need a massage.

@D1 already doing the latter, will do the former more, lol.

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